Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Col

Mortimer, Kristin,Arthur M Sackler Museum

ISBN 10: 0896596001 / ISBN 13: 9780896596009

Published by Harvard University Art Museums, 1986

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Col
• Publisher: Harvard University Art Museums
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0896596001
• ISBN 13: 9780896596009
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Mortimer, Kristin A.

Reviews

Not a work aimed at scholars, although scholars will certainly use it, this book is a guide for the layperson to the most exquisite works in the Sackler, Fogg, and Busch-Reisinger Museums. Four hundred objects representing the vast and varied collections of the museums are illustrated and each is accompanied by a physical description, bibliographical references, and, generally, a brief narrative describing various aspects of the piece. Though one might wish for more color reproductions, both the color and black-and-white illustrations are of high caliber. Browsing through these pagessubtle Chinese ink paintings, sumptuous Islamic objects, reverent medieval paintings, elegant Ingres, intoxicating Whistler and Renoirmakes one want to rush right up to Cambridge. An essential purchase for all art collections. Lynell A. Morr, Ringling Museum of Art Lib., Sarasota, Fla.
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